Puzzle.



PATTERSON GEORGE FEENEY, OF SANFORD, MAINE.

PUZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1912.

Application filed October 3, 1911. Serial No. 652,498.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PATTERSON GEORGE FEENEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Sanford, in the county of York and State ofMaine, have invented a new and Improved Puzzle, of which the followl ingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved puzzle,which is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture andarranged to afford amusement and to require considerable skill insolving the puzzle.

For the purpose mentioned, use is made of a ring and sectional figurehaving a body with integral outstretched arms and spread legs rigidlyconnected with each other and pivoted to the lower end of the said body,the inside diameter of the ring being larger than the width of the saidbody and less than the width of the said legs, and the outside diameterof the ring being less than the distance between the spread arms.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this speciication, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a plan View of the puzzle; Figs. 2 and 3 are similar viewsof the same with the parts in successive positions for the removal ofthe ring from the figure; and Fig. 4 is a cross section of the puzzle onthe line 4 4 of Fig. l.

The puzzle consists essentially Of a ring A and a figure B arranged insuch a manner that it is diiiicult to engage the ring A with the body Cof the figure or disengage the same therefrom.

For the purpose mentioned, the body C of the igure B is provided with ahead D having sidewise-extending ears E, and the body C is also providedwith sidewise-eXtending outstretched arms F, and on the lower end of thebody C are pivoted legs G, G, stretched out sidewise and rigidlyconnected with each other, the legs at the junction being connected withthe body C by a pivot H, to allow of swinging the connected legs up anddown. The ring as well as the figure B are preferably made of sheetmetal or other sheet material, and the parts are so proportioned thatthe inside diameter of the ring A is larger than the width of the bodyC, and the inside of the diameter of the ring A is less than the widthof the outstretched legs G, G', so that the ring can4 not be passed overboth legs at a time. The outside diameter of the ring A is less than thedistance between the outstretched arms F to prevent the ring frombeing'slipped upwardly on the body C and over the figure B. Now when theparts are in the position shown in Fig. 1 the ring A is held againstremoval from the ligure B unless the parts are manipulated in thefollowing manner: The legs G and G are swung upward into the positionshown in Fig. 2, so that the leg G is in alinementwith the body C andthe head D, and on pushing the ring A upward the upper inner end thereofis free to pass the sole of the foot of the leg G, as will be readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. 2. The ring can thus be passed to theoutside of the leg G and on now turning the legs G, G downward t-he ringA can be readily slipped over the leg G, as indicated in Fig. 3.

In placing the ring A in position on the figure B with the body Cpassing through the opening of the ring, the above described operationis reversed, that is, the ring A is first placed on the leg G, as shownin Fig. 8, then the legs G, G are swung upward to the position shown inFig. 2 to permit of raising the ring and passing the same out of the legG, after which the legs G and G are swung downwardly leaving the ring onthe body C, as shown in Fig. l. The ears E on the head D are spread aconsiderable distance sidewise so as to prevent the ring from beingpassed over the said ears when the parts are in the position shown inFig. 2.

The puzzle shown and described is very cheaply manufactured and ai'ordsconsiderable amusement to the user, who has to eX- ercise skill toproperly place the ring in position on the ligure or remove it therefromas above explained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

l. A puzzle, comprising a ring and a sectional figurev having a bodywith integral outstretched arms and rigid spaced legs pivoted on thelower end of the said body, the inside diameter of the said ring beinglarger than the width of the said body and less than the width of thesaid legs and the outside diameter of the said ring being less than thedistance between the outstretched arms.

2. A puzzle, comprising a iiat ring and a said ring being less than thedistance between the outstretched arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name t-o this specicution in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATTERSON GEORGE FEENEY.

flat sectional figure representing a person and having a body, integralhead, and arms stretched out sidewise and rigid with the said body, apair of rigidly connected legs stretched out sidewise, and a pivotconnecting the junction of the legs with the lower end of the said body,the inside diameter of the said ring being larger tha-n the width of thesaid body and less than t-he width of the' seid legs, and the outsidediameter of the Witnesses:

JOHN V. TUCKER, HERBERT W. FEENEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

